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.TH "PORT\-DMG" "1" "2\&.11\&.99" "MacPorts 2\&.11\&.99" "MacPorts Manual"
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.SH "NAME"
port-dmg, port-mdmg, port-pkg, port-mpkg \- Create binary archives of a port, and optionally its dependencies\&.
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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\fBport\fR [\fB\-vdqysbckpotf\fR] [\fB\-D\fR \fIportdir\fR] \fBdmg\fR
     [[\fIportname\fR | \fIpseudo\-portname\fR | \fIport\-expressions\fR | \fIport\-url\fR]]
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\fBport\fR [\fB\-vdqysbckpotf\fR] [\fB\-D\fR \fIportdir\fR] \fBmdmg\fR
     [[\fIportname\fR | \fIpseudo\-portname\fR | \fIport\-expressions\fR | \fIport\-url\fR]]
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\fBport\fR [\fB\-vdqysbckpotf\fR] [\fB\-D\fR \fIportdir\fR] \fBpkg\fR
     [[\fIportname\fR | \fIpseudo\-portname\fR | \fIport\-expressions\fR | \fIport\-url\fR]]
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\fBport\fR [\fB\-vdqysbckpotf\fR] [\fB\-D\fR \fIportdir\fR] \fBmpkg\fR
     [[\fIportname\fR | \fIpseudo\-portname\fR | \fIport\-expressions\fR | \fIport\-url\fR]]
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
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These commands create macOS\-native binary archives of a given port\&. Depending on the command, one of a \&.dmg disk image file, a \&.pkg, or \&.mpkg installer package is created\&.
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\fBport pkg\fR creates a macOS installer package that installs all files that belong to a given port\&. \fBport dmg\fR wraps this installer package in a disk image\&. In most cases you probably want to package a port and all its library and runtime dependencies in a single package suitable for binary distribution\&. \fBport pkg\fR and \fBport dmg\fR don\(cqt do that, so those are only useful if you are going to take care of the dependencies separately\&. \fBport mpkg\fR creates an \&.mpkg installer image that contains installer packages for each of the dependencies and is suitable for standalone redistribution\&. \fBport mdmg\fR wraps this \&.mpkg package in a disk image\&.
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On Mac OS X 10\&.6 and later, the generated installer packages are in \(lqflat\(rq format, such that wrapping them in a disk image is no longer necessary for online redistribution\&. Prior to Mac OS X 10\&.6, generated installer packages could not be used for online distribution without a wrapping disk image\&.
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All packages are placed in a port\(cqs work directory, which can be located using \fBport-work\fR(1)\&.
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If you want to create installer packages using MacPorts for redistribution, make sure you do not use a standard installation of MacPorts in \fI/opt/local\fR\&. If you do that, your installer package will conflict on systems that \fBdo\fR have MacPorts installed\&.
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Instead, follow \m[blue]\fBSection 2\&.2\&.4 of the MacPorts Guide\fR\m[]\&\s-2\u[1]\d\s+2 and choose a prefix specific to the software you are trying to package, e\&.g\&., \fI/opt/logrotate\fR for \fIlogrotate\fR\&. Then use this custom MacPorts installation to build your package\&.
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.SH "GLOBAL OPTIONS"
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Please see the section \fBGLOBAL OPTIONS\fR in the \fBport\fR(1) man page for a description of global port options\&.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
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\fBport\fR(1), \fBport-work\fR(1), \m[blue]\fBSection 2\&.2\&.4 of the MacPorts Guide\fR\m[]\&\s-2\u[1]\d\s+2
.SH "AUTHORS"
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(C) 2014 The MacPorts Project
Clemens Lang <cal@macports\&.org>
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.SH "EXTERNAL REFERENCES"
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Section 2.2.4 of the MacPorts Guide
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\%https://guide.macports.org/#installing.macports.source.multiple
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